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2011-11-22T05:45:51-05:00

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Luther on big business

Last updated on: November 22, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Thanks to Tom Hering for this quotation from Martin Luther, On Trading and Usury, 1524: Of the companies I ought to say much, but that whole subject is such a bottomless abyss of avarice and wrong that there is nothing in it that can be discussed with a clear conscience. For what man is so stupid as not to see that companies are nothing else than mere monopolies? Even the temporal law of the heathen forbids them as openly injurious,... Read more

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2011-11-22T05:30:26-05:00

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Confessing churches in Canada

Last updated on: November 22, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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In the Reformation, the catalytic issue was the sale of indulgences, but the underlying issue was the authority of the Word of God. Today the catalytic issue has to do with sexuality, but the underlying issue, again, is the authority of the Word of God. So says Matthew Block, Communications Manager for the Lutheran Church-Canada and editor of The Canadian Lutheran. (He comments sometimes here as “Captain Thin”!) He has written an interesting article about how this is playing out... Read more

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2011-11-21T06:00:14-05:00

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Take it on faith

Last updated on: November 21, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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Sally Quinn marks 5 years of doing her On Faith discussions for the Washington Post. She says after all of this religion coverage that she is no longer an atheist. She doesn’t have a personal relationship with God, though, and she believes that all religions are equally valid. Still, her reflections contain some good stories: An atheist father was trying to explain to his son that there was no such thing as God. “But dad,” asked the boy, “how do... Read more

2011-11-21T05:45:59-05:00

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Newt as front-runner, so attacks begin

Last updated on: November 21, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Newt Gingrich, according to some polls, has pulled ahead of Mitt Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. So, following form, the news stories are digging up unfavorable material about him. But there is a difference this time: The stories are about how he has violated conservative orthodoxy: His think tank to propose free market solutions to health care issues once suggested–or maybe even came up with the idea–of mandatory insurance coverage, a hallmark of Obamacare. He once... Read more

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2011-11-21T05:30:53-05:00

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Congress fails again

Last updated on: November 21, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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Back in August, Congress averted a government shutdown at the last minute by kicking the can to a “Supercommittee” that was assigned to find $1.2 trillion in savings. The incentive was a provision that if the bipartisan task force failed to do so, $1.2 trillion would automatically be cut, with half from social programs (to get the liberals to co-operate) and half from defense (to get the conservatives to co-operate). The deadline for an agreement would be Thanksgiving. Well, that... Read more

2011-11-18T06:00:40-05:00

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Why no two snowflakes are identical

Last updated on: November 18, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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As if to put us in the mood for winter, the Washington Post has a fascinating feature explaining why no two snowflakes are the same: Newly formed snow crystals with only a handful of molecules would be nearly impossible to distinguish. But that’s not really the issue. We’re talking about real snowflakes, which have something on the order of a quintillion molecules. (That’s the number 1 with 18 zeros.) Now, it’s not a law of nature that no two snowflakes... Read more

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2011-11-18T05:45:20-05:00

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Would Calvin have Occupied Wall Street?

Last updated on: November 18, 2011 at 5:45 am By Gene Veith

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Would even liberal Lutherans say this of Martin Luther? The cause of demonstrators involved in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement would have been supported by John Calvin, the 16th century church reformer who helped shape modern-day Protestantism, says the General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC). “I am sure he would have been in the streets of New York or London with a placard,” says Setri Nyomi of the French lawyer and theologian who wrote extensively about... Read more

2011-11-18T05:30:08-05:00

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Huntsman’s conservative credentials

Last updated on: November 18, 2011 at 5:30 am By Gene Veith

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The impression most people have is that Jon Huntsman is not conservative, that he is at best a moderate. Not so, says Nichole Austin: Despite scuttlebutt to the contrary, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is not a Democrat in disguise, but was in fact a relatively ambitious conservative governor. And if he is “moderate,” he is not appreciably more moderate than other leading candidates or party leaders. If one compares records honestly and looks at policy positions realistically, one will... Read more

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2011-11-18T05:15:26-05:00

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A pro-life movement in Russia

Last updated on: November 18, 2011 at 5:15 am By Gene Veith

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In Russia, the most commonly-used method of birth control is abortion. It has the world’s highest abortion rate: 73 for every 100 births. But now a pro-life movement has started up in Russia, led by the Orthodox Church, and the Russian parliament, faced not only with the church’s lobbying but with a population collapse, is expected to pass a law imposing sharp restrictions (though not prohibition) of the practice: Backed by the Russian Orthodox Church, an influential anti-abortion lobby is... Read more

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2011-11-17T06:00:00-05:00

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Chaplain Mike on the Sacraments

Last updated on: November 17, 2011 at 6:00 am By Gene Veith

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The third installment from Chaplain Mike on what he is appreciating so much from his new Lutheranism. This time he focuses on the Sacraments. Read the whole post, but here is a sample: The sacramental perspective takes God’s presence and action in the midst of his creation seriously. Some expressions of faith are essentially world-denying and more akin to forms of Platonism or gnosticism that make radical distinctions between the material and spiritual worlds. From this perspective, God works and... Read more

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